Toy.



A. L. GIRARD.

- TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1912.

Patented May 21,1918.

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ANTOINE GIRABD, or STERLING JUNCTION, MASSACHUSETTS, nssreivon or ONE- HALE To DAVID A. UPHAlVI, oE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I ANTOINE L. GIRAED, a citizen of the United States, residing, at Sterling Junction, in the'county of VVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to toys.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, neat and attractive toy having a movable element and a sounding element, so arranged that the act of operating the sounding element will cause the operation of the movable element.

More specifically stated, the invention embodies a wind wheel supported in spring arms carried by a suitable handle and adapted to be revolved by a current of air through a tangentially arranged blow pipe, novel means being provided for Supporting the blow pipe in proper position and hold ing it in engagement with said supporting means, the said blow pipe also carrying a whistle which is sounded simultaneously with the act of operating the wheel.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for securing the wind wheel support and the blow pipe supporting means to the handle, said means providing an interlocking engagement between these elements, so that one element will aid in retaining the other in position.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 i an enlarged vertical sectional view through the upper part of the handle, illustrating the manner of securing the same to the pipe and showing the interlocking engagement between the wind wheel support and the blow pipe support.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 1 is a detailed perspective view of the wind wheel support; and

Fig. 5 is a similar View of the blow pipe support.

Referring to the drawings in deta1l, there is provided a handle 10, which nlay be of any desired shape, said handle being prospecification of Letters Patent. Applieati o n filed June 12,1917. Seria1No.1 74,284=.

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A vided at one end with a socket 11 and a reinforced opening 12. y

Carried by the handle is a wind wheel 13 which includes radially arranged preferably semi-circular blades 14 and oppositely disposed openings or sockets 15, which are adapted to receive the inwardly extending terminals 16, of spring supporting arms 17. The said arms are preferably formed of a single strand of spring wire and are provided with an intermediate spring loop 18, which is adapted to be forced in the socket 11 of the handle 10 and retained therein by its resilient character, and when disposed within this socket the opposite ends 19 of the1 loop will be forced together to close this en Also disposed within the socket is an opening spring loop 20, the open end of which is adapted to be closed by means of a laterally bent terminal 21, the loop 20 being engaged within the loop 18 in a manner to cause the terminal portion 21 to engage over the closed ends 19 of the said loop 18 to provide an interlocking engagement therebetween. The loop 20 is formed on one end with a spring arm 22, the opposite end of which terminates in a spring coil 23, the outer end of which is preferably of a larger diameter, for the purpose of receiving the tapered end 24 of the blow pipe 25.

The opposite end of the blow pipe is reduced and provided with a sleeve or thimble 26, which is beveled as shown at 27 in order to provide a convenient mouthpiece. The sleeve or thimble 25 has secured thereto a whistle 28, which is preferably formed of metal.

By forming the loops 18 and 20 in the manner shown, they may be arranged in an interlocking engagement with one another as before stated and forced within the socket 11 and the handle 10, the resilient character of the said loops causing them to engage the walls of the said socket and to securely hold the wind wheel and blow pipe supporting means to the handle. By reason of the spring terminal portion 23 and the arm 22, the blow pipe may be easily inserted therein, the tapered formation of the spring loops providing for secure engagement.

To add to the attractiveness of the toy, the

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to providing a toy of attractive appearance the same may be used to denote patriotism.

Having described the invention, what is clanned 1s:

1. A toy comprising in combination a; handle, spring supporting arms, a W1nd Wheel ournaled in said arms, a right align.-

larly arranged supporting arm, a coil spring terminal carried by the last mentioned arm,

atangentially arranged blow pipe having one end engaged in said spring terminal and a whistle carried by said pipe.

2. ,A toy comprising a wind wheel, supporting means for said wheel, a blow pipe, means for supporting said 'bloW pipe, a handle and interlocking means formed on the wheel supporting means and the pipe supporting means and engageable with said handle, whereby the parts are held in a central position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANTOINE L. GIRARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. 

